POLS 306: State Government

DATABASES

State Capital Universe

Provides information about one state, all 50 states, or any combination of states; bills and laws, constitutions, regulations, legislature membership, newspapers of record. Also includes abstracts from the Martindale-Hubell® State Law Digest, as well as public policy analysis from State Capitol Journal and the NCSL Legisbrief published by the National Conference of State Legislatures. (Lexis-Nexis)

PAIS International

Index to journal articles, books, and government publications on public affairs from 1972 to the present. (CSA)

Political Science Abstracts

Indexes articles from over 300 essential political science journals. (CSA)

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

Access to a wide range of full-text material in News (General, U.S., World, News wires & transcripts, Non-english language, Business, Legal, University, Medical, Arts & Sports); Business (Business News, Industry & Market News, Accounting Literature, Company Information [financial reports, profiles, SEC & EDGAR filings & reports], Business Directories); and Legal (Legal News & Reviews, Case Law, Codes & Regulations [U.S. federal and state], Canadian Legislative Materials, European Union Law, Commonwealth & Foreign Nations, Patent Research Tools, and Legal Career Resources)

Polling the Nations

Polling the Nations is an online database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 400,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the U.S. and 80 other countries. (ORS Publishing)

Statistical Universe

Contains statistical data produced by the U.S. government; important international intergovernmental organizations; professional and trade organizations, business organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities. (Lexis-Nexis)

EBSCO Academic

Indexing and abstracts for over 8000 publications with full-text for over half of the publications. (EBSCOhost)

ProQuest Direct

Includes a cross-section of general periodicals, ABI/INFORM business periodicals, and several national newspapers in full-text. (ProQuest)

ADDITIONAL SOURCES

The Political Science Student Writer's Manual, 4th ed. [EKSTROM Reference Desk JA86 .S39 2000]

A Citizens' guide to the Kentucky Constitution [EKSTROM JK 5374 .A32 no. 137; also online]

Book of the States [LAW JK 2403 .B6]

Kentucky Legislature, Publications http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/lrcpubs/lrcpubs.htm

Stateline http://www.stateline.org/ (Pew Center on the States)

Council of State Governments http://www.csg.org/csg/default

National Conference of State Legislatures http://www.ncsl.org/

State and Local Government on the Net http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm

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